Concussions and the Future of Football

Episode 2 of The Skeptic’s Guide to Health, Medicine, and the Media

What happens to billions of neurons when the gelatinous brain slams into the side of the hard skull? While the media has focused some attention on high-profile cases of concussion and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, learn how selective reporting can lull us into believing an issue has been adequately addressed when that is far from the truth.